Welcome to InJoy Magazine

Byron Bay's much loved community magazine for creative and spiritually minded people. Intended to make you feel good, and to stretch conceptual boundaries, whilst infusing a sense of joy and wellbeing.

me-and-celestinaBecca Dakini is a cultural creative & artist actively participating within the Australian and international conscious arts community: as a writer, holistic therapist, counselor, dj, project manager, event coordinator, truthseeker, consciousness explorer and visionary. She recently returned from living and working with shamans in Peru. InJoy caught up with her to find out what gifts she has brought back from her time in the Amazon jungle.

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Julinbah-Yowral-Rainbow-CorroboreeRainbow Corroborree has been called for March 18, 19, 20 at the beautiful Rocky River in the Bunjalung Northern Rivers District of Australia. This event is sponsored by the Tabulum Indigenous community in the spirit of sharing culture and Country for all to enjoy. Come together with culture, community, creativity and celebrate. It is time for us to embrace and be embraced...

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diamond-ringOnce upon a time a king called upon all of his wise men and asked them, ”Is there a mantra or suggestion which works in every situation, in every circumstances, in every place and in every time. In every joy, every sorrow, every defeat and every victory? One answer for all questions. Something that can help me when none of you are available to advise me? Tell me is there any mantra?”

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earth-chart-logoThe beginning of year 2011 could be a good time to reflect a little on the last twelve months. What a year it was, with the powerful build up of energies released through the combination of Saturn, Uranus and Pluto in friction aspect. It must be obvious to most of us now that we are indeed in the middle of major changes in how we experience life on this beautiful entity called planet Earth.

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marijuana-leafI smoked marijuana most of my adult life. I stopped smoking it six or seven years ago because I became increasingly aware that I was using it to change my moods. I had often used it for that purpose albeit unconsciously, but there was a sense now that I was somehow ripping myself off. 

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angel-by-mishOn February 24th 2011, the Byron Community Centre is hosting the first Byron Shire Volunteer Expo. The doors will open at 11am and the expo will showcase organisations in the shire that rely on volunteers as part of their work force. Volunteer contributions keep the community vibrant and alive.

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world-croppedso many different aspects of a woman are beautiful... and across the globe differences can be seen as divine... and to consider the journey of being a woman geographically expressed with poetic prose and great insight is delicious... as follows:

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baby-porchupineIt was the coldest winter ever.  Many animals died because of the cold. The porcupines, realising the situation, decided to group together. This way they covered and protected themselves; but the quills of each one wounded their closest companions even though they gave off heat to each other.

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This body is not me. I am not limited by this body. I am life without boundaries. I have never been born, and I have never died. Look at the ocean and the sky filled with stars, manifestations from my wondrous true mind. Since before time, I have been free. Birth and death are only doors through which we pass, sacred thresholds on our journey. Birth and death are a game of hide- and seek. So laugh with me, hold my hand, let us say good-bye, say good-bye, to meet again soon. We meet today. We will meet again tomorrow. We will meet at the source every moment. We meet each other in all forms of life.

by Thich Nhat Hanh,